Symbols

“The symbol is the tool which gives man his power, and it is the same tool whether the symbols are images or words, mathematical signs or s.”

“[S]ymbols have a reach and a roundness that goes beyond their literal and practical meaning. They are the rich concepts under which the mind gathers many particulars into one name, and many instances into one general induction.”

“I think, here is your emblem Nor success make proud.”

“Reason will not decide at last; the sword will decide. In the sense of a symbol.”

“Science and mathematicsIf any mind for a moment touch truth.”

“It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.”

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”

“Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science. And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one could easily find, in certain parts at least of contemporary mathematics... symbols as clear, as beautiful, and as full of spiritual meaning as that of the circle and mediation. From modern thought to ancient wisdom the path would be short and direct, if one cared to take it.”

“With crosses, relics, crucifixes,By mere mechanic operation.”

“Science sees signs; Poetry the thing signified.”

“It [Catholicism] supplies a multitude of external forms in which the spiritual may be clothed and manifested.”

“All things are symbols: the external showsAs flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.”

“Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish;They are black vesper's pageants.”

“If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing old signs: a' brushes his hat o' mornings; what should that bode?”